Favorite Drink

[chadbrochill17]

What's everybody's favorite drink?
Can be alcoholic or not.

Jameson Irish Whiskey for me, straight or mixed (especially sours). It's delicious.

[zezhyrule]

Dr Pepper. That or coffee. 

[thalbergmad]

Beer and lots of it.

Thal

[austinarg]

Pineapple cider 

[ted]

I have always drunk a great deal of tea. I like coffee too but one or two cups a day is my maximum. Alcohol lost its charm for me many years ago. I'll have a drink to be sociable but rarely enjoy it. When our citrus fruit are in season I squeeze out the juice and drink it every day. I wouldn't bother buying fruit juice though. I do not subscribe to the current fashion of constantly sucking on bottles of water, which it seems to me produces little benefit, unless spending half the day in the lavatory is viewed as such.

[costicina]

Red wine, of the best quality...and like Thal, a lot of it if possibile  

[49410enrique]

water. no ice.

[fleetfingers]

Water with {lots of} ice and a squirt or two of fresh lemon. And a straw.

[m1469]

Well, water was the thing for me for quite awhile and I do have a water bottle with me pretty much at all times.  I believe it's important to drink lots of water.  However, water has been a bit tame for me lately and I like a lot of things.  Well, a lot compared to only water.

I like powder infused water - sort of like adult Kool Aide.  No cals, just flavorful water.  
I really like sparkling waters and related things.
Iced teas can be pretty great, though I don't drink much of them.
I'm kind of in love with iced coffee and will probably have one in a bit (fully decaf)
I like hot coffee, too.

I don't tend to drink fruit juices very much at all, but I like them on special occasions and prefer fresh squeezed, hands down.  I like fresh squeezed orange juice and fresh squeezed carrot juice the best, and fresh squeezed apple juice is very yummy, too, which my sister makes on her farm!  I also really like grapefruit and tangerine juice.

I drink *mostly* water all the time, though.

I also like margaritas quite a bit - I just *love* the sweet, sour, and savory all rolled into one .    
*goes to make an iced coffee*

[j_menz]

I need water and coffee (not necessarily in that order, either).

Favourites are good wine, good single malt scotch and armagnac.  A nice cold beer in summer is pretty good, too. Or several.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

Everything besides water, cough medicine, Dr. pepper, and anything else that tastes like cough medicine.

[ajspiano]

Reasonable or better, single malt scotch on rocks.

I went to a bar once - asked for scotch on the rocks, bar tender says "what is on the rocks" 

[Derek]

Belgian wheat ales, particularly Blue Moon or Hoegaarden.

[chadbrochill17]

I'm also a fan of Maker's Mark so I guess I'm a whiskey snob.

[j_menz]

I'm also a fan of Maker's Mark so I guess I'm a whiskey snob.

Nah, if you were, you'd have spelt whisky correctly.  Bourbon doesn't have the "e".

[m1469]

Oh yeah!  And I like little shots of wheat grass juice (but haven't had one for ages)!

[goldentone]

Oh yeah, wheat grass shots!   They would serve those a lot at the health food store I used to frequent.

[cherub_rocker1979]

For wheat beers I like the German Hefeweizens.  I also enjoy American Pale Ales and Amber Ales, and English Best Bitters and Extra Special Bitters.

Wine is great too, especially red wines made from grapes grown in cool climate areas of the world such as the Bordeaux and Burgundy regions of France, Northern Italy, Oregon and Chile.

[fftransform]

Reasonable or better, single malt scotch on rocks.

I went to a bar once - asked for scotch on the rocks, bar tender says "what is on the rocks"  

I once had a bartender argue with me that a martini had vodka in it.  For like, five minutes.


On that subject, I don't drink alcohol very much, but I like gin, tequila, ouzo and sambuca.  I absolutely cannot drink some of those apertifs like Drambuie, Campari, Galliano or Pernod; they are the most vile things to ever exist, IMO, especially Campari.  It's what I would expect a rotten orange peel doused in iodine to taste like.  Also don't like beer or red wine.  Just not much of a drinker, tbh.


As for the non-alcoholic stuff, I hate to admit that I am a total Coke addict (no pun intended).  About half of my day's calories probably come from coke.

[chadbrochill17]

Oh God, you aren't a fan of alcohol except for tequila? I can not STAND tequila.

[roseamelia]

I like tea with a-lot of ice and i also like Dr. pepper.

[fftransform]

Nah, if you were, you'd have spelt whisky correctly.  Bourbon doesn't have the "e".

Maker's Mark is from the US; it officially has an 'e'.  You are 100% wrong.

[austinarg]

Maker's Mark is from the US; it officially has an 'e'.  You are 100% wrong.

And you are wrong. Just wrong.

[ahinton]

There are simply too many to mention, not least the water that m1469 advocates (provided that it's put through a softener, a chlorine filter and a reverse osmosis filter first); fine malt whisky, good vintage cognac, an extra vieux pineau des charentes, lots of fine wines...

But nothing remotely beery, thanks!...

Best,

Alistair

[synthifou]

And you are wrong. Just wrong.

Hehe, nice.  Bourbon and Branch, soda water.

[littletune]

Powdered milk for babies  and I also like strawberry juice (although i don't drink it that often I think the last time I did was at my Christmas recital), but if I'm very thirsty then water is the best, it can also be water with bubbles or water with some flavour or water with bubbles AND flavour, that's what I'm drinking the most this summer, water with bubbles that tastes like orange or lemon.   

[gitaristica]

Pipi juice. If you don't know what is Pipi, ask mr. Berkowitz. RIP Dalmacijavino. Your Pipi will never be forgotten.

[kclee6337]

when I'm not downing my starbucks coffee its a redheaded slut. fantastic stuff. jager peach schnapps and cranberry juice.

[sphince]

for alcohol: stolichnaya with a little pineapple juice and a layer of absinth on top.Light it and take the shot for a fiery stomach and head .
at home:coffee(french,or espresso) or tea
I dont drink much water,I eat lots of fruit.

[49410enrique]

water. no ice.

um. i changed my mind.

i'll be taking that with ice. in a glass.   you know what never mind. i'll just have some coffee. fill it to the top no room for cream or urine. thanks.

[fftransform]

And you are wrong. Just wrong.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verisimilitude

You're 100% wrong.  And 100% stupid if you can be intellectually stimulated by that idiotic show.

[j_menz]

Maker's Mark is from the US; it officially has an 'e'.  You are 100% wrong.

I await your apology. 

[austinarg]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verisimilitude

You're 100% wrong.  And 100% stupid if you can be intellectually stimulated by that idiotic show.

And you are wrong in considering a movie as a whole, in this situation. Are you telling me a movie about dinosaurs with jetpacks is 50% wrong? Or a movie about talking dinosaurs with jetpacks is 66%  wrong?

And I would appreciate that you refrained from insulting, since I am not insulting you.

[chadbrochill17]

Is anyone a fan of absinthe here? I tried it recently and it was literally the worst thing I've ever had in my life. Besides the fact that it was 125 proof it smelled like black licorice and tasted like death.

[j_menz]

Besides the fact that it was 125 proof it smelled like black licorice and tasted like death.

I thought they were its good points. 

[chadbrochill17]

I thought they were its good points. 

Well the first two are good points. The last kind of kills everything. But mostly my mouth.

[synthifou]

Is anyone a fan of absinthe here? I tried it recently and it was literally the worst thing I've ever had in my life. Besides the fact that it was 125 proof it smelled like black licorice and tasted like death.

Did you drink it with sugar?  That helps with the bitterness.  Traditionally you soak a sugar cube, set it aflame and mix it with the absinthe.  However, I think the biggest deal with it's popularity was back when it was combined with laudanum, supposedly creating hallucinogenic effects.  My roommate in college ordered a bottle from the Czech Republic with laudanum years ago, but it didn't really do anything for me.

The worst drink I ever had was mezcal, but that's another drink not primarily intended to be consumed straight these, at least not these days.  I use it frequently to make my salsa.

[zezhyrule]

I thought they were its good points.  

You are 100% wrong.

[chadbrochill17]

Did you drink it with sugar?  That helps with the bitterness.  Traditionally you soak a sugar cube, set it aflame and mix it with the absinthe.  However, I think the biggest deal with it's popularity was back when it was combined with laudanum, supposedly creating hallucinogenic effects.  My roommate in college ordered a bottle from the Czech Republic with laudanum years ago, but it didn't really do anything for me.

The worst drink I ever had was mezcal, but that's another drink not primarily intended to be consumed straight these, at least not these days.  I use it frequently to make my salsa.

I actually did have it with dissolved sugar cubes. Had two shots an two sugar cubes. Eventually just dumped an orange Gatorade in it. Also no hallucenagenic effects at all. Kind of a let down.

[austinarg]

You are 100% wrong.

[fftransform]

I await your apology. 

I apologize for assuming that Maker's Mark knows how to spell "Whiskey."  But then again, they are from Kentucky, so it is no surprise that they do not.  Please enjoy drinking something so artisanal that the producers can't even spell their own product correctly: Always a sign that it's top-quality stuff.

And you are wrong in considering a movie as a whole, in this situation. Are you telling me a movie about dinosaurs with jetpacks is 50% wrong? Or a movie about talking dinosaurs with jetpacks is 66%  wrong?

And I would appreciate that you refrained from insulting, since I am not insulting you.

A movie?  You mean a television show.  Your comment is so incoherent that I really don't understand what you're trying to say, so excuse me if I make the assumption that you are making the assumption that I'm not adequately familiar with that show to comment with respect to its stupidity.  If so, your argument is moot.  I am not saying that The Big Bang Theory is "100% wrong": I am saying that you are 100% wrong, for saying that gradations of verisimilitude do not exist in an intensional context.  Anybody who's taken an introductory course in the philosophy or language, or epistemology, knows that such a statement is ludicrous.

You certainly did attempt to insult me.  But you are correct when you say that you are not insulting me: This is because you are failing.

The worst drink I ever had was mezcal.

Try Cachaca.  It's worse.

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I drink this every time before I play my beloved Rachmaninoff! 

[oxy60]

Is anyone a fan of absinthe here? I tried it recently and it was literally the worst thing I've ever had in my life. Besides the fact that it was 125 proof it smelled like black licorice and tasted like death.

I often sat at a table next to Herman Brood as he sipped one of those at 10AM. He never said much and wasn't curious  who this guy was drinking that awful stuff. (Now for the Dutchies, what is the name of that cafe, on which street was it?) No alcohol for me before 5PM and then a shot of straight bourbon and some good wine with dinner.

They put Maker's Mark on a chilled tap at the corner bar for $5 a drink. It sells at Costco for $30 (1.75L). Can't imagine what the fuss is about.

[chadbrochill17]

I often sat at a table next to Herman Brood as he sipped one of those at 10AM. He never said much and wasn't curious  who this guy was drinking that awful stuff. (Now for the Dutchies, what is the name of that cafe, on which street was it?) No alcohol for me before 5PM and then a shot of straight bourbon and some good wine with dinner.

They put Maker's Mark on a chilled tap at the corner bar for $5 a drink. It sells at Costco for $30 (1.75L). Can't imagine what the fuss is about.

Wow where do you live where you can get a handle of makers mark for only 30 dollars. I'd be all over that.

[oxy60]

I thought everybody knew Costco, a members only wholesale outlet here in the US. Their headquarters are in Kirkland, Washington. My buddy was their lead corporate counsel.

The competition to the deal on Maker's Mark is Jim Beam or Beefeaters for $20 same size.

[synthifou]

Try Cachaca.  It's worse.

Even the name sounds awful!  I'll have to try it.